بھیݨ

Punjabi

Noun

بَھیْݨ • (bhaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੈਣ)

1. Alternative form of بَھیْن (bhain, “sister”)

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (bhaiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Compare Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ) / ਭੈਣ (bhaiṇ), Sindhi ڀيڻ (bheṇa) and Urdu بَہَن (bahan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʰeːɳ/

Noun

بھیْݨ (bheṇ) f (Devanagari भेण)

1. sister

   Synonym: اَدی (adī)

References

• “بھین٘ڑ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 54